EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK: Marvel's 50th Anniversary Variants

Marvel Comics has provided Comic Book Resources with an exclusive first look at the variant covers for "Uncanny X-Force" #16 and "Avengers" #18. The covers are part of the publisher's 50th Anniversary celebration which will see variants throughout the month of October.

Official Press Release

Past and present collide as the industry’s biggest artists put their twist on the iconic covers that defined Marvel’s most beloved characters! Enter the Marvel Comics 50th Anniversary Variants, commemorating five decades of the world’s greatest super hero universe. From Fantastic Four #1 to Fear Itself, The House of Ideas’ most iconic covers are given a 21st century twist that no fan can miss!

THE MIGHTY THOR #7Written by MATT FRACTIONPencils & Cover by PASQUAL FERRYVariant Cover by ALAN DAVISRated T+…$3.99ON SALE THIS OCTOBER

AVENGERS #18Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDISPencils and Cover by DANIEL ACUÑAVariant Cover by RYAN MEINERDINGRated T+…$3.99ON SALE THIS OCTOBER

NEW AVENGERS #17Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDISPencils and Cover by MIKE DEODATOVariant Cover by JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHERRated T+…$3.99ON SALE THIS OCTOBER

HULK #42Written by JEFF PARKERPencils and Cover by PATRICK ZIRCHERVariant cover by ARIEL OLIVETTIRated T+…$2.99ON SALE THIS OCTOBER